on Writers Helping Writers:

Try this: Think about your writing or writing business as a partner.

Start by giving it a name. What would you call your writing (if you haven’t started selling yet) or writing business (if you are selling books)?

Mine is “Dolores,” because she’s demanding. (If your name is Dolores, my apologies!) During all my waking hours, she’s babbling on about what I need to do for my next book, my author platform, my website, and more. She’s a slave driver and never lets up enough to give me a break.

Once you have a name, it’s time to see what sort of partnership the two of you have.

Do that, and you can better understand what the problems are and what you might need to change so you feel more energized, motivated, and successful.

Let me give you some examples. I based them on well-known movies just for fun.

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